grum

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰrem-“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gramaz“angry, bearing a grudge”
3. Old English · inherited fromgrom
4. Middle English · inherited fromgrom
5. English todaygrum

From Middle English grom, from Old English grom, gram (“angry, wrathful”), from Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”). Probably influenced in form by glum. Compare also Danish grum (“cruel, atrocious, fell”), Swedish grym (“cruel, furious, terrible”). See also grim, gram, grump.

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